Smoke-house.



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00% ATTORNEY J'.` `F`L D'B'ERLE.

SMOKE HOUSE. lpplcAltiQn led Jan. 24, 10Q1.) (No Mudsl.)

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Nirnri STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB F. OBERLE, OF-NEVV YCRK, Y.

smoes-House.-

sencrrrcnrron forming part-, of Leiters Patent No. 675,105, dated. Mey2e, 1901.

.duplication filed January 24, 1901. Serial No. 44.560. (No model.)

Zo atl whom t may concern:

L it known Vthat I, .Moon F. OBERLE, a ciiirleo of the United States,and a resident of New iorlr, in 'the county of New lYork andV .5t-:rteNew lYork, neve 'made and invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Smolre-l'ouses, of which tlie'fcilowing is a speciicatiou.

My invention relates to an iinpiovementn smoke-houses designed for thepurpose ofv smoking meats, end-more particularly to im` provcments'insuch structures used in the basements of houses or other buildings. Asis Well known, in many large cities these smoke-houses are bui t inbasements or cellars of tenement-houses, and in such instances greatobjections have been urged against the same by reason of the escape ofthe smoke into the house or building when the door of the smoke-house isopened to allow a person to enter .or issue therefrom. The object of myinvention is to overcome this objection and to ineke certain additionsto the smoke-house to prevent the egress of smoke into the cellar orbasement; and with these and other ends in view it consists in certainnovel features o' construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter fuily described, and pointed out in the claims.

"-he accompenying,l drawing represents in section aportion of a buildingor tenementhouse with a smoke-bouse located in' the oel-, lar orbasement thereof and with my improve-l ments applied. thereto,

Referring to the drawing, A represents a wah of a building ortenement-house; B, sev- .erai iioors thereof; C, the chimney or line,and D the basement or cellar in which is 1ocsted the smoireehouse. Thissmoke-house consists of the rear wall-2, front wall 3, side wall 4, androof 5, one side wall of course be ing omittedfrom the drawing, thelatter being shownin section. .In the front of the" smoke-house is anopening 6, to be closed by n. door 7 of ordinary construction, and inone of the side walls is a hole or opening 8 for the. purpose ofadmitting` air for the sake of combustion, the iire, as usual, beingplaced onV the iioori, made of cement, bricks, or other From thesmoke-house lends the iiue 10, connecting with the chimney or stack .larD.

C. In front of this smoke-house I construct a vestibule 11, preferablyformed of iron or sheet metal, although, of course, the same may-hehuilt of bricks or masonry-Work, and 55 preferablyiextending from theIloor 12 of the celiar or basement to the roof thereof and extendingtlie width of the smoke-house. In the front of this vestibule is located-a door 13, below whichis an opening 14 for the in-V 6o gross of air atall times to the interior of the vestibule il, the 'opening 15 into thevestibule being provided for the admission of the workmen and adapted tolbe closed by the door 13. From the top of the vestibule 11.65

leads a due 16, passing' over the top of the l smoke-house and leadinginto the stack or chimney C, the purpose and effect of this constructionand arrangement of parts being 1i, through thc'iine 16, and out throughthe iiue C at all times, and thereby suck or draw any smoke whichmayiind its way into the vestibule 1,1 out through the stack C. 'In theVto provide a draft of air through the openingvlgo roof of thesmoke-house I forman opening '15 1'?, adopted to be opened'and closed bythe door or damper 18, to which isconneeted a.' chain 19, the latterbeing also connected with the door 13 of the vestibule in such way thatwhen' said door 13 of. the vestibule is opened 8c unerstooa niet 85 outthrough the fine 16 and chimney C,and 9o any smoke which issues from thesmokehouse into the vestibule when the door 7 is opened will pass outthrough said flue 16 and chimney-C, the door 18 beingsiinultaneouslyraised with the door l-and allowing o. portion of the 9,5

smoke in seid smoke-house to escape through the flue 16 and out throughthe chimney C, thereby preventing any smoke from the smoke-house issuinginto the basement or cel Having fully described my invention, whatl Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a smoke -house and chimney or .stack leading,`therefrom, of a vestibule l1 located in front of said smokehouse andinto which leads a door from Said latter, a lue 1G located above saidsmokehouse and communicating at; one end with Said chimney or stack andab its opposie end with he upper portion of said vestibule ll, a door 13leading into said vestibule and an opening 14 in the lower portion ofsaid vesti bule whereby a draft is created through said vestibule andover the top of'said smokehouse for the purpose of carryingo throughsaid stack or chimney, any smoke escaping from said smoke-house intosaid vestibule, Substantially as described.

Q. A smoke-house constructed wiLh a vesti- TWitnesses: l

GEORGE COOK, M. VAN NomwieK.

